Tea Shop Creates Safe Place for LGBTQ Recovering Addicts

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June 5, 2023 – tea shop creates safe space for LGBTQ+ people battling addictionsIn creating this space, she realized Louisville lacked a safe, sober space for LGBTQ+ people, especially those battling an addiction facing access to resources.

“So in our bathroom, we actually have free menstrual products. We have both pads and tampons. We also have free Plan B,” Clark said. “We also have free fentanyl testing strips.”

The items on the bathroom shelf are mostly donated by the Kentucky Health Justice Network and Louisville Coffee Co-op.

“Just because you don’t have the funds or it cost me a lot of money, that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve access to these things that are low barrier,” Clark said.

She’s hoping to break these barriers while tea steeps on the side.

“Our goal isn’t to make millions of dollars, open multiple locations. Our goal is just to be a community space to give sober LGBTQ folks, sober Black folks, a place where they can feel safe and feel accountable and also have a sober environment and it’s not about making all this money. So if it…